How to Write a Scientific Paper: An Academic Self-Help Guide for PhD Students - Jari Saramaki

Descriere How to Write a Scientific Paper: An Academic Self-Help Guide for PhD Students - Jari Saramaki

\nWhat if writing scientific papers was faster, easier, and a bit less painful? \n \nThis book provides a step-by-step, top-down approach that makes it easier to turn your hard-won results into research papers that are focused, exciting, and readable. \n \nThe book's systematic approach builds on what I've learned through coauthoring close to 100 research papers with students. You'll learn how to outline your paper from top to down, how to develop your story, and how to think about what to write before you write it. You'll also learn how to deal with many issues that writers of science commonly face, from the fear of the blank page to dealing with critical reviews. \n \nHere's what you get: \nA complete step-by-step plan for writing a scientific paper, from choosing which results to include to wrapping up the paper in the Discussion sectionConcrete, actionable, and practical advice, from a paragraph-level template for the Introduction to guidance on preparing plots and figuresLots of writing tips, from placing signposts in your text to shortening and straightening your sentencesThis book has been written for the PhD student who is aiming to write a journal article on her research results, but it should also be useful to any scientist who has ever found writing difficult. Whatever the stage of your career, if you'd like to learn how to write research papers systematically and efficiently, this is the book for you \n \nThe book includes \nPART I: STORY \n1. How To Choose The Key Point Of Your Paper \n2. How To Choose The Supporting Results \n3. How To Write The Abstract \n4. How To Choose The Title \n \nPART II: OUTLINE \n5. The Power Of Outlining \n6. How To Write The Introduction, Part I: Structure \n7. How To Write The Introduction, Part II: A Four-Paragraph Template \n8. How To Write The Introduction, Part III: The Lede \n9. How To Write The Materials And Methods \n10. How To Write The Results, Part I: Figures \n11. How To Write The Results, Part II: Text \n12. How To Write The Discussion \n \nPART III: WORDS \n13. How Does Your Reader Read? \n14. How To Write Your First Draft \n15. How To Edit Your First Draft \n16. Tips For Revising Content And Structure \n17. Tips For Editing Sentences \n \nPART IV: IT'S NOT OVER YET \n18. How To Write The Cover Letter \n19. How To Deal With Reviews \n \nAbout the author \n \nI am a professor of computational science and an experienced academic with around 100 published paper

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